War and Popular Culture - Resistance in Modern China, 1937-1945 (Hardcover, New)

This is the first comprehensive study of popular culture in twentieth-century China, and of its political impact during the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945 (known in China as 'The War of Resistance against Japan'). Chang-tai Hung shows in compelling detail how Chinese resisters used a variety of popular cultural forms - especially dramas, cartoons, and newspapers - to reach out to the rural audience and galvanize support for the war cause. While the Nationalists used popular culture as a patriotic tool, the Communists refashioned it into a socialist propaganda instrument, creating lively symbols of peasant heroes and joyful images of village life under their rule. In the end, Hung argues, the Communists' use of popular culture contributed to their victory in revolution.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	Chang-Tai Hung
Dimensions:	235 x 159 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	450
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-08236-6
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Political control & influence > Propaganda Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-520-08236-2
Barcode:	9780520082366

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